An annotated checklist of Malachiidae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea) from Iran Author Mirutenko, Vladyslav Author Ghahari, Hassan text Zootaxa 2016 4162 2 331 346 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.8 6074dbc3-8d6a-47af-8888-7d5e6b59403b 1175-5326 272331 79F86253-96EB-4F46-BCEF-C4C0DCDCA1DB Clanoptilus ( Clanoptilus ) versicolor (Faldermann, 1835) Malachius versicolor Faldermann, 1835 ; Malachius tricolor Baudi di Selve, 1873 ; Clanoptilus viridibasis Reitter, 1890 ; Clanoptilus erivanicus Pic, 1912 ; Malachius punctonotatus Pic, 1912 . Regional distribution. N. Persia , W. Persia ( Peyron 1877, as M. versicolor ), Alborz ( Wittmer 1967, as M. versicolor ), Tehran ( Modarres Awal 1997 ). General distribution. Caucasus , Iran , Turkmenistan ( Mayor 2007 ), Uzbekistan (unpublished data; deposited in the collection of SZM ) . Comments. C. versicolor is a predator of Sphenoptera davatchii ( Coleoptera : Buprestidae ) ( Modarres Awal 1997 ).